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Reducible discogenic low back pain

March 20, 2015 by Sian Smale in Clinical reasoning, Pain mechanism, Case Study, Low back pain, Discogenic pain, Pain education, Patient education

A previous blog has explored the initial assessment of acute lower back pain presenting with radicular leg pain. This is a sequel post which explores the management pathway from day 1-3 on a patient with discogenic low back pain with radicular leg pain. It specifically focuses on when I chose to retrain lumbar flexion range of movement and the steps taken.

Lumbar disc herniation with radiculopathy - a case study

February 27, 2015 by Sian Smale

How would you treat a patient presenting with severe low back pain radiating into their leg? What treatments do you fall back on day 1? Lets take a look at my clinical reasoning of a young female with lumbar disc herniation with radiculopathy.

Functional assessment of a water skiing injury

February 07, 2015 by Sian Smale

The aim of this blog is to outline a case study on a lower back injury sustained from waterskiing and the importance of performing a thorough functional assessment. After completing my Masters I developed a framework for performing a initial musculoskeletal assessment, which I could apply to almost all presentations. For this presentation however my main focus was on the functionally task and mechanism of injury.